kind

1. 1

   A type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together.

   • What kind of (a) person are you?
   • What kind of ice-cream would you like? There's chocolate, strawberry, and lemon.
2. 2

   A makeshift or otherwise atypical specimen.

   • The opening served as a kind of window.
3. 3

   One's inherent nature; character, natural disposition.archaic

   • Must yt nedes folowe that theyr fayth was chaunged in kynde, bycause yt was augmented in degrees.
   • The generall woorde, is spoken of many, that differ either in kynd, or els in nombre.
4. 4

   Family, lineage.archaic

   • My young love said to me, My mother won’t mind And my father won’t slight you for your lack of kind.
5. 5

   Manner.archaic

6. 6

   Goods or services used as payment, as e.g. in barter.

   • in kind
   • I don't have any money but I can pay in kind by washing the dishes.
7. 7

   Equivalent means used as response to an action.

   • in kind
   • I'll pay in kind for his insult.
8. 8

   Each of the two elements of the communion service, bread and wine.

9. 9

   The type of a type constructor or a higher-order type operator.

   • The kind of any primitive data type is *, corresponding to a nullary constructor.
10. 10

    Food in a particular category.Caribbeanin-compounds

    • Fish kind was what she ate then.
    • The farmers had plenty of ground provisions, but there was no "meat kind."

syn. genre · sort · type · derivative · generation · offspring · child

1. 1

   Having a benevolent, courteous, friendly, generous, gentle, liberal, sympathetic, or warm-hearted nature or disposition, marked by consideration for – and service to – others.

   • Some ſay that Rauens foſter forlorne children, / The vvhilſt their ovvne birds famiſh in their neſts: / Oh be to me though thy hard hart ſay no, / Nothing ſo kinde but ſomething pittifull.
2. 2

   Affectionate.

   • a kind man; a kind heart
3. 3

   Favorable.

   • Thy words aſſure me of kind ſucceſſe: / Go valiant Souldier, go before and charge / The fainting army of that foolish King.
4. 4

   Mild, gentle, forgiving

   • The years have been kind to Richard Gere; he ages well.
5. 5

   Gentle; tractable; easily governed.

   • a horse kind in harness
6. 6

   Characteristic of the species; belonging to one's nature; natural; native.obsolete

   • it becommeth sweeter than it should be, and loseth the kind tast.